Sunday, April 18, 2010

Lila's journal

Why is my life so hard? Father is always drunk, and is always in debt. Every time he comes home, he reeks of alcohol, and always beats mother up. Mother is suffering so much, and I really want to help her, but against my father? I have no chance, so I just have to watch her suffer. Her health is deteriorating - how much more can she take?

At least Hari is more sensible now. He goes out to work everyday, and sometimes after work he goes fishing to catch fish for our dinner. He cannot make fishing his livelihood - Father sold the boat to pay some of his debts and we have no more money to buy one.

He talks of going off to Bombay to find work and earn more money. However, if he goes off, how would the family survive? Mother cannot work, Father will not work, my sisters Bela and Kemal are too young to work and I need to take care of the family. Why is my life so hard? But for my mother and my sisters, I must be strong.

2 comments:

  1. Chuan Xin, your grammar is totally fine but I think you can elaborate more about the difficulties she could faced when she has to support the whole family with the absence of Hari.

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  2. Well, even though Hari meant well by going to Bombay in bid to earn more for his family, however, I do think Hari should make sure that the family is well before he set off, or else, Lila might face troubles when she is taking care of her family.

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